Houston Chapter

The next Wildscapes Workshop Workshop will be Sept. 26, 2009: Form will be available soon

Wildscapes Workshop 2008 – September 13 - Registration Form

Green Home & Garden Workshop Registration Form – Feb. 28, 2009

Volunteer Opportunities and Information

Contacts	(Click Here for a Full List of Contacts)
Meeting Information	Meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of the month, 4th Thursday in October, at the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center 4501 Woodway, Houston, Texas 77024 www.houstonarboretum.org Please call the Arboretum if the gate is closed. Take the number with you. Arboretum phone: 713.681.8433 Meeting opens at 7:00 pm. Program at 7:30 pm Houston Chapter Native Plant Society Meetings 2009 *Please Join Us!* January 15 Plant Propagation Workshop at Bayland Comm. Center February 19 Joe Turner, City of Houston Parks Director: Houston’s Linear Forests at the Houston Arboretum Sunday, March 15 Field Trip to Little Thicket Park March 19 Carolyn Fannon, Nature Photographer Wildflowers of E.Texas Sunday, April 5 Field Trip to Sheldon Lake State Park April 16 (Earth Day Celebration) Don Johnson, Hooray for Insects (or Insects in your Garden: Wanted Alive!) Sunday, April 26 Field Trip to George Mitchell Nature Preserve May 21 Diana Foss, TPWD, Designing with Native Plants June 18 Lisa Gonzales of the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) Invasive Plants July 16 Flo Hannah, What Bird Food Looks Like (Illustration of Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants in your Garden Sustain Wildlife) August 20 Andrea Dravigne, National Wildlife Federation, also Joint meeting with the Men’s Garden Club of Houston September 26 Wildscapes Workshop & Native Plant Sale September 17 Chris LaChance, Watersmart Coord., Habitat Highways October 15-18 NPSOT Fall Symposium, www.npsot.org October 23 (Fourth Thursday) Jaime Gonzalez, Saving Prairies November 20- Annual Social and Seed & Plant Swap at the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center December 17 Annual Holiday Dinner at Kim Son, Jefferson Street RSVP to 281-558-3710 or Dknowlespe@aol.com Note: the old Houston@npsot.org address does not work. Visitors Welcome! Click Here to see Past Meeting Topics (2008) Click Here to see Past Meeting Topics (2007) Click Here to see Past Meeting Topics (2006) Click Here to see Past Meeting Topics (2005) Click Here to see Past Meeting Topics (2004) Click Here to see Past Meeting Topics (2003) Native Plant Society Booths: We need help with our display boards and booths. If you are interested in an event, we will confirm that we are approved for the event. We have information pages and coloring pages. Contact Dknowlespe@aol.com or call 281-558-3710 if you could take a booth. This is a great way to get volunteer hours! May 7 Wet in the City at the Downtown Aquarium – lots of great booths & displays, interact with kids May 16 Kemah Bay Day Bulb Mart Mercer Garden Faire September 26 Wildscapes Workshop
Fieldtrips	Field Trip Schedule- Three field trips will be planned 2009. Look for details coming up soon. PLEASE NOTE NEW MEETING LOCATION! Due to overcrowded parking at the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center, 4501 Woodway, we will meet in the parking lot 0.4 mile east of the Arboretum. After leaving the Arboretum and heading east, take a right at the split in the road just before the light and then immediately another right into the parking lot. Please wear appropriate footwear for walking through wet or dry fields, bring drinking water, bug spray, and a packed lunch. Field trips normally end after the picnic lunch. If the weather is drizzling rain, we proceed, but if it is a gully-washer, we still gather at the Arboretum and then cancel. We meet at the Arboretum between 8 and 8:30 AM, and depart promptly at 8:30 AM. Please contact Paul Roling for any additional inquiries: 281-353-7413 or PRoling@att.net. If you want to be added to the NPSOT field trip e-mail list, send an e-mail to PRoling@att.net requesting to be added to the list. E-mail reminders are sent out about a week before each trip. May 9, 2009 Gulf Coast Master Naturalist Field Trip to High Island. RSVP to sarahbethsmith1@aol.com Houston Audubon Field trips: www.houstonaudubon.org Outdoor Nature Club Field Trips: www.onc.org Houston Birding, Butterflying and Dragonflying Website: http://www.gallerianaturalist.com/index.php
On-Going Projects	Plant rescues - save native plants in path of development. Outdoor Learning Centers - assisting local schools in developing wildlife habitat and outdoor learning centers for children. Field trips - observe, enjoy, and learn about native plants in their natural habitat Speaker's Bureau - Houston Hardy Natives Creating Wildlife Habitat Texas Wildflowers Attracting Hummingbirds and Butterflies, More! Click Here for Information
Community Activities	HOUSTON & HARRIS COUNTY Area Activities Local Websites and Links NPSOT - State Events State Events: Fall Symposium Oct. 15-18, 2009, Quarterly Board Meetings

Click Here for a PDF of all Native Plant Information Pages

1. Sources of Native Plants in the Houston Area

2. Native Host Plants for Southeast Texas Butterflies

3. Native Vines for the Houston Area

4. Native Plants for Erosion Control

5. Native Plants that Provide a Food Source for Hummingbirds

6. Beware: There may be Invasive Plants in your Backyard

7. Invasive Questions and Answers

8. Top 100 Native Plants for Harris County and Adjacent Areas

9. Drought Tolerant Native Plants

10. Native Grasses for Your Landscape

11. Native Trees

12. Native Shrubs

13. Trees that Attract Birds

14. Native Plants for Shady Areas

15. Native Plants that Provide Food, Shelter and Nesting for Birds

16. Native Groundcovers

17. Native Plant Society of Texas Membership Form

18. Benefits of Naturescaping

19. Natives Instead of Common Exotics (NICE) Bird & Butterfly Habitat Plants- Trees & Shrubs

20. Landscapers who will use Native Plants in their Landscape Designs

21. Benefits of Using Native Plants

22. Native Plants for Rain Gardens

24. Spring Field Trips

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Updated May 23, 2009 25. 2009 Native Plant Society of Texas- Houston Chapter meetings